አዲስ አበባ ፣ ሚያዚያ 29 ፣ 2006 (ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ.) በኢትዮጵያ የመጀመሪያው የባቡር ትምህርት ማእከል ሊቋቋም ነው።

የኢትዮጵያ የምድር ባቡር ኮርፖሬሽን ዋና ስራ አስፈፃሚ ዶክተር ጌታቸው በትሩ ለፋና ብሮድካስቲንግ ኮርፖሬት እንደተናገሩት ፤ የትምህርት ማእከሉ በመጭው አመት ስራ ይጀምራል።

ተቋሙ ወደ ቻይናዋ ቲያንጅን የባቡር ትምህርት ማእከል አቅንተው ስልጠና በመውሰድ ላይ ያሉ ባለሞያዎችን በአሰልጣኝነት የሚጠቀም ሲሆን የባቡር ሾፌርነት ፣ ጠጋኝነትና የደህንነት ጥበቃ ትምህርቶች እንደሚሰጡበት ዶክተር ጌታቸው ገልፀዋል።

ትምህርቱን ለመስጠት የሚያስችሉ ቅድመ ዝግጅቶች መጠናቀቃቸውንም ጠቅሰዋል።

ማዕከሉ ሃገሪቱ በአቭየሽኑ ዘርፍ ለሌሎች የአፍሪካ ሀገራት ዜጎች ትምህርት እንደምትሰጠው ሁሉ በባቡሩ ዘርፍም መሰል ተግባር እንድትከውን ያስችላታል ነው ያሉት።

አብዛኛዎቹ የባቡር ትራንስፖርት የሚጠቀሙ የአፍሪካ ሀገራት ባለሞያዎቻቸውን የሚያሰለጥኑት በደቡብ አፍሪካ ወይም ቻይና በሚገኙ ተቋማት ከመሆኑ ጋር ተያይዞ ፥ በአዲስ አበባ የሚቋቋመው የባቡር ትምህርት ማእከል ለምስራቅ አፍሪካ ሀገራት አማራጭ እንደሚሆንም ነው ስራ አስፈፃሚው የተናገሩት።

Ethiopia is determined to get the people out of poverty through economic development. The economy is booming and there are mega projects under construction. These are engines of development. Roads, railways and power generating plants are some among the game changer projects. One which stands tall of all projects is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). So the flyer tries to illustrate the grand project. Distributing the flyer for those who visited the Ethiopian booth we explained about GERD. We briefed the source of Abay (Blue Nile), the power generating Dam project, its progress, the impact, the project financiers and so on. We created some awareness in that part of mini world. This is our first time which motivated us to do more in the future. Imagine the outcome if such things are replicated in all parts of the world.
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ይህን መነሻ በማድረግም በበርካታ የክልሉ ነዋሪዎች ዘንድ ትክክለኛውን መረጃ የማወቅ ፍላጎት መኖሩን ከግምት በማስገባት የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አስተዳደርና የኦሮሚያ ክልላዊ መንግስት የተለያዩ መድረኮችን በማዘጋጀት በእቅዱ ልማታዊ አላማና በሚያስገኛቸው ጥቅሞች ዙሪያ ማብራሪያ ሲሰጡ ቆይተዋል፤ በመስጠትም ላይ ይገኛሉ፡፡

በምክክር መድረኮቹ የተጀመረው ህዝባዊ ውይይት እየተካሄደ ባለበት በአሁኑ ወቅት ትክክለኛው መረጃ እንዲሰጣቸው ጥያቄ ላቀረቡ የኦሮሚያ ክልል ተወላጅ የሆኑ የከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተማሪዎችንም በውይይቶቹ ውስጥ የማሳተፍ እንቅስቃሴ መጀመሩ ይታወቃል ፡፡ ይሁንና በሁሉም ክልሎች ከሚገኙ ባለ ድርሻ አካላት ጋር የሚደረገው ይህ ህዝባዊ ምክክር ከመዳረሱ በፊት አስቀድሞ ጥርጣሬዎችን ለመንዛት ሆነ ተብለው በተሰራጩ አሳሳች አሉባልታዎችና ሃሜታዎች የተደናገሩ የተወሰኑ ተማሪዎች በፈጠሩት ሁከት በክልሉ በሚገኙ የተወሰኑ ዩንቨርስቲዎች በሰው ህይወትና ንብረት ላይ ጉዳት ደርሷል፡፡

በዚህ በሃይል በታጀበ ግርግር ሳቢያ በመደ ወላቡ የሶስት ተማሪዎች ህይወት ማለፉ ተረጋግጧል፡፡በተለይም በአምቦ ዩኒቨርስቲ የተቀሰቀሰው ሁከት ወደ ከተማ በመዝለቁ እስካሁን ባለው መረጃ መሰረት በአምቦ ከተማ ቢዝነስና ኮንስትራክሽን ባንክ ላይ በተደረገው የዘረፋ ሙከራና ሌሎችም ህገ ወጥ የነውጥ እነቅስቃሴዎች በአምቦና ቶኬኩታዮ ከተሞች የሰባት ሰዎች ህይወት ያለፈ ሲሆን ባንኩን ጨምሮ በበርካታ የመንግስትና የሀዝብ ንብረት ላይ ጉዳት ደርሷል፡፡

በተያያዘም በሃረማያ ዩንቨርሲቲ ለጊዜው ማንነታቸው ባልታወቁ ሰዎች በሰላም የእግር ኳስ ጨዋታ በቴሌቪዥን በመከታተል ላይ በነበሩ ተማሪዎች ላይ በተወረወረ ፈንጂ ወደ 70 ያህል ተማሪዎች የመቁሰል አደጋ የደረሰባቸው ሲሆን የአንድ ተማሪ ህይወት ማለፉ ተረጋግጧል፡፡

በፌዴራልና በክልል የፀጥታ ሃይሎች ትብብር ሁከቱ በተፈጠረባቸው ዩንቨርስቲዎች ውስጥ ያለውን ሁኔታ ለማረጋጋት ተችሏል፡፡ እስካሁን በተደረገው ማጣራት ከበስተጀርባ በመሆን ሁከቱን በማነሳሳትና በማቀነባበር ተግባር ላይ የተሰማሩት ጥቂት ፀረ ሰላም ሃይሎች መሆናቸውን ለማወቅ ተችሏል ፡፡ከዚሁ ግርግር በስተጀርባ የቆሙትና ከዚህ ቀደም በነበሩ ግጭቶች እጃቸውን ሲያስገቡ የነበሩ የአገር ውስጥና ከአገር ውጭ ያሉ ሃይሎች በሚቆጧጠሯቸው ሚዲያዎች እየታገዙ ይህንን የተማሪዎችን ጥያቄ ለጥፋት አላማቸው መጠቀሚያ ለማድረግ መንቀሳቀሳቸው ታውቋል፡፡

እነዚሁ አካላት ህገ ወጥ እንቅስቃሴያቸውን ሰላማዊ ዜጎችን ሰለባ በማድረግ ጭምር ከማራመድ የሚቦዝኑ አልሆኑም፡፡ በጉዳዩ ላይ ማብራሪያ የሚሹ ተማሪዎችን ተገቢ ጥያቄ በአግባቡ እንዳይስተናገድ የሚፈልጉት የነውጥ አቀንቃኞች ከአንድ ጥግ ሆነው ብዙሃኑን ሰለባ በማድረግ ርካሽ የፖለቲካ ትርፍ ለማግኘት በመራወጥ ላይ ይገኛሉ ፡፡ ላለፉት ሃያ ሶስት አመታት በመገንባት ላይ ባለው ዴሞክራሲያዊው ስርአታችን ዜጎች በተናጠልም ሆነ በጋራ ማንኛውንም ጥያቄ በሰላማዊ መንገድ ለመጠየቅና ለመወያየት ያላቸው ህገ መንግስታዊ መብት ተቋማዊ መሰረት ይዞ ያለ ገደብ ተረጋግጦ ሲተገበር ቆይቷል ፤በመተግበር ላይም ይገኛል ፡፡ ይህ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ባህል የእለት ተእለት ህይወታችን አካል በመሆን እየጎለበተ መጥቷል በመሆኑም ዴሞክራሲያዊው ስርአታችን ማንኛውንም አይነት ጥያቄ ለማስተናገድ ምቹ ሁኔታ መፍጠሩን በማጤን ብዙሃኑ ወጣት ተማሪዎች ከጉዳዩ በስተጀርባ በሚንቀሳቀሱ ጥቂት የጥፋት ሃይሎች በሚነዙት የተዛባ ዘመቻና አሉባልታ ሳይደናገሩ ትምህርታቸውን በሰላም እንዲከታተሉ መንግስት አሳስቧል፡፡

በዚህ አጋጣሚ በተፈጠረው ሁከት ሳቢያ ጉዳት ለደረሰባቸውና ወገኖችና ቤተሰቦቻቸው መንግስት የተሰማውን ሃዘን እየገለፀ የጥፋቱ ዋነኛ አንቀሳቃሽ የነበሩትን ተከታትሎ ለፍርድ ለማቅረብ የጀመረውን ጥረት አጠናክሮ እንደሚቀጥል አረጋግጧል ፡፡

Dr.Tedros Adhanom and Foreign Ministers of Kenya and Uganda, Ambassador Amina Mohamed and Sam Kutesa met with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Russell Feingold, Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth, and Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issue Catherine Russell here in Addis Ababa. The discussion of the two sides focused on the ongoing crisis in South Sudan and on ways to stop the violence claiming lives of innocent civilians.

Dr Tedros on the occasion appreciated the continued support of the Secretary of State John Kerry and through him the US Government for continued support to the regional peace effort to resolve the crisis in South Sudan.

Secretary of State John Kerry for his part hailed the leadership of the region for the efforts and commitment they have shown in the search for peace in South Sudan. The two sides underlined the importance of translating the decision made within the auspices of IGAD in to action to stop the worsening humanitarian catastrophe and restore order in the country. In that regard, the two sides deliberated on ways to expedite the deployment of the Prevention and Deterrent Force (PDF) with a special mandate of peace making.

Secretary Kerry stated that US is committed to support the deployment of the PDF. The two sides also agreed on the importance of dialogue with a view to start inclusive political process in South Sudan, improving humanitarian situation and protection of civilians.

Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.

Ethiopia and European Union have been development partners for over 37 years. Since the signing of the Lome I in 1975, the cooperation between Ethiopia and the European Union has been widening in scopes and coverage.

The European Union is one of the five major donor partners of Ethiopia. EU institution contributes for about €230 million a year, representing 10% of the total Official Development Aid received by Ethiopia. Together with the EU Member States support, the European Union makes available around 34% of the total aid assistance to Ethiopia.

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At the project launch, Dr Kesetebirhan Admassu, Minister of Health said, “The government of Ethiopia is rapidly expanding access to basic health services to communities to prevent maternal and new-born deaths. With the strong commitment of our government and the sustained support of all our partners such as the EU and UNICEF, we can speed up the reduction of maternal and new-born deaths even further.”

The ESDE project is expected to benefit 625,000 mothers and new-borns annually from improved access to maternal and new-born health services – a quarter of annual national deliveries. In the three year implementation period, the project will support close to 2 million mothers and new- borns.
The joint initiative aims to strengthen maternal and new-born health in Ethiopia by supporting the health system to achieve national targets and Goals of MDG 5 by increasing access to and utilization of quality maternal and new-born health services for mothers and new-borns in the coming three years.
While MDG 4 (reduction of child mortality) has already been attained three years ahead of time, MDG 5 (improvement of maternal health) remains the only health related MDG goal that is not on track as we approach 2015.
According to the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey of 2011, Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is 676 per 100,000 live births while the expected MDG 5 target is to reach the level of 267 per 100,000 live births by 2015.

Ambassador Chantal Hebberecht, Head of the European Union Delegation to Ethiopia, said, “While Ethiopia has made tremendous progress on most health indicators, improving maternal mortality rates remains a distinct challenge. I am therefore happy to announce that the European Union has made available a €40.2 million grant for Ethiopia to accelerate progress in maternal health by jointly working with the Ministry of Health and UNICEF.”

In Ethiopia, up to 15 per cent of mothers and new-borns suffer serious complications that require referral to facilities providing comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care (CEmONC) services including caesarean sections, blood transfusions and emergency laparotomy. However, the availability of CEmONC has been limited with only over a hundred hospitals having the capacity to provide the service.
The 2011/2012 Health Management Information System (HMIS) report of the Ministry of Health states that only 20.4 per cent of women delivered in health facilities.

To increase access, the MoH has committed to the improvement of services based on the Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP) through the construction of over 800 new primary hospitals [one primary hospital per woreda (district)].
The construction of over 200 hospitals has already been initiated in the various regional states and is expected to be completed soon 2012/13 Annual Review Meeting (ARM) Report, MOH.
The hospitals need to be equipped with basic supplies and equipment to provide maternal and neonatal care including equipment for basic operation facilities and essential neonatal care equipment.

In order to sustain gains made so far and to scale up the provision of health services, the ESDE project will provide:

•obstetric and new-born care supplies and equipment for 500 health centres and 50 hospitals
• operation theatre equipment for 30 primary hospitals
• training for 5000 health extension workers in community based new-born sepsis management
•obstetric and new-born care training for 250 doctors and health officers from 100 hospitals
•emergency obstetric and new-born care training and supportive supervision for 1000 midwives and nurses

“We commend the European Union for such a critical and timely intervention and the Federal Ministry of Health for its focus on maternal and new-born health.
UNICEF is firmly committed to the successful implementation of the project prioritizing the hard to reach and vulnerable women and children,” said Dr Peter Salama, UNICEF Representative in Ethiopia. (Diretube)

Chicago-based consulting firm A.T. Kearney is predicting the next generation of global cities, based on the speed with which they are catching up to world capitals. The “Emerging Cities Outlook,” released Monday, analyzed 34 cities in low- and middle-income countries, measuring development in business activity, innovation and ability to attract people to live there.

“As physical distances become less relevant and global competition intensifies, cities in low- and middle-income countries will increasingly jockey for position with one another and with cities in higher-income countries,” Andres Mendoza Pena, a coauthor of the report, said in a press statement.

The Emerging Cities Outlook is part of a wider report on the world’s most globally-connected cities, measuring them by business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience and political engagement. New York, London and Paris took the top spots.

Bloomberg notes that the top-tier cities have remained fairly static since the index started in 2008, making Beijing’s entry into the top 10 this year an indicator of the Chinese capital’s remarkable rise. “As a whole cities are improving, so they all need to run to keep up,” Mendoza Pena told the news agency.

Take a look below for the report’s top 10 emerging global cities, and find out which metropolis is the fastest-rising star.

The $475 million project, being executed by China Railway Engineering Corp, will soon have Chinese-made trams ferrying passengers across the length and breadth of the Ethiopian capital.

The tramcar order won by China CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles, a division of China CNR Corp, in November, however, is much more than just the supply of 41 trams. It marks a major milestone in the shipping of products with real, embedded technology to Africa, sources say.

“It is a milestone for us as it gives us a breakthrough in the dynamic African market,” says Liu Gang, general manager of the international division at CNR Changchun Railway.

According to Liu, the first batch of trams will be delivered in August for test operations of the light train system, which is scheduled to commence by the end of this year. “It is also our first major order from Africa,” he says.

CNR Changchun is one of the two major tram manufacturers in China along with CSR. Both the companies were part of the erstwhile China National Railway Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry Corp and created as separate entities in 2000.

The company started exporting trams in 1995 and now has clients spread across Australia, Brazil, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Liu says international trade was not that significant before 2004. “Until then, our overseas business was less than $500 million.”

Last year the company bagged overseas orders worth $900 million and had exported more than 100 trams with an accumulated value of more than $4.5 billion.

“Africa contributed $100 million in the first year of our business on the continent,” Liu says.

Talking about the tramcar order, Liu says, the first big order came from China Railway Engineering Corporation, the main contractor of the Addis Ababa light train project. The project, designed as a cross, with horizontal and vertical railway lines passing through Addis Ababa, is expected to reduce the serious traffic congestion in the city.

Source: chinadaily.com.cn